‎CARNOT (L.N.M.)‎
‎Mémoire sur la relation qui existe entre les distances respectives de cinq points quelconques pris dans l'espace SUIVI d'un essai sur la théorie des TRANSVERSALES -- EDITION ORIGINALE -- BEL EXEMPLAIRE -- "IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN GEOMETRY"‎

‎P., Courcier, 1806, un volume in 4 relié en demi-basane, dos orné de filets dorés (reliure de l'époque), 2 feuillets non chiffrés (faux-titre + titre), 111pp., (1pp.), 3 PLANCHES DEPLIANTES‎

Reference : 8279

‎---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- "IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN GEOMETRY" ---- "... CARNOT's Géométrie de position and his ESSAY ON TRANSVERSALS (1806) ARE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN GEOMETRY. While G. Monge revelled mainly in three-dimensional geometry, CARNOT confined himself to that of two. By his effort to explain the meaning of the negative sign in geometry he established a "geometry of position". He invented a class of general theorems on projective properties of figures which have since been pushed to great extend by J.V. Poncelet, Michel Chasles and others. Thanks to CARNOT's researches says J.G. DARBOUX". (Cajori p. 276 ---- DSB III**8279/arb5‎